Chanel - Plexiglas and tissue bracelet. Photo courtesy press office

Maison Martin Margiela SS 2014 - Photo courtesy press office

The season’s most eclectic bijoux seem to have borrowed from primordial Ghanaian kente cloths, which are usually in cotton or silk and painted with traditional motifs from the Ivory Coast. Or perhaps from the intense and surprising paintings of Frida Kahlo. Even classic Middle-Eastern carpets and traditional patterned Venetian glass serves as inspiration.

These accessories choose from a variety of cultures and traditions and mix them all together into the most versatile fashion inspirations, resulting in jewels that feature high-impact aesthetics, decisive colors and fun twists. These pieces include semi-precious stones, crystals, synthetic pearls and silk along with new materials like Plexiglass, making for breastplates, cuffs and brooches that seem to follow one rule – it’s time to be daring and let the imagination run a bit wilder.